Vacuum-cleaner.



S. L. RUBEL.

VACUUM ULEANEB.

APPLIOATIOH FILED we. 1, 1910.

Patented Jan. 16, 1912.

SIMON L. RUBEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HOME VACUUM I COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OI ILLINOIS.

VACUUM-CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Manama 16,1912.

Application filed August 1,;1910. Serial No. 574,918.

. To all whom it mag camera:

Be it known that I, SIMON L. RUBEL, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, Cook county, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vacuum- Cleaners, of which the following is a specification.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved form of' vacuum cleaners whereby the mouth or "nozzle of the cleaner will be maintained in operative contact with the floor through a' limited relative movement of the arts to which said joint is connected; an improved manually operated vacuum cleaner which may be readily operated either right or left handed. i

A specific embodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanyingdr'awings, in which u Figure 1 is 'a front elevation of a manually operated vacuum cleaner constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is an en larged detail, partly sectional, of the flexible joint. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail of the same, taken on theline AA of Fig. 2.

In the construction shown in .the drawings, the casing 1 has end caps 2 and 3 detachably connected at opposite ends. A piston 4 is mounted in said casing and connected by means of a rod 5 to a handle 6. The end cap 2 has a contracted extension 7 which serves as a guideway for the rod 5, and to which is connected a transversely disposed handle 8. The end cap 3 tracted extension 9.

The flexible joint which connects the appurtenance or nozzle 10 with the extension 9 comprises a tube 11 adapted to have telescoping engagement therewith, and which atone end is cut away or recessed to form a pair of cars 12. The nozzle 10 has cast thereon an upstanding tubular extension 13, the end of which is recessed to form a pair of ears 14:. The interior diameter of the tubular extension 13 is preferably substantially equal to the exterior diameter of the tube 11. The cars 12 are pivotally connected to the ears 14 at 15. 'A flexible collar, as, for example, a rubber hose 16, encircles also has a conto provide an the extension 13 and the adjacent end of the tube 11, and renders the joint'air tight. When the tube 11 is inserted into the extension '9, the collar or hose 16 also encircles the adjacent end of said extension, and thereb forms an air tight joint between the extension 9 and the tube 11.

The operation of the device is as follows;

When 0 erated right handed, the operator grasps t e handle 6 in theleft hand, and holds the same substantially immovable relatively to the body. The handle 8 is grasped by the right hand of the operator, and the casing 1 is given a reciprocatory movement on the plunger rod 5. By means .of the handle 8, the operator also guides the nozzle 10 over the surface being cleaned. If the operator desires to use the left hand for reciprocating the casing 1, the handle 8 may be turned to the, position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3. The telescoping of the extension 9 with the tube 11 permits of the changing of the relative positions of the handles 6 and 8, whereby the device may be interchangeably operatedeither right or left handed. The flexible joint permits a limited tilting movement of the casing 1 relatively to the nozzle 10, while the nozzle is kept in proper contact with the surface over which it is being moved.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention is herein shown and described, it will be understood that numerous details of the'construction shown may be altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of this invention as defined by the following claims. vv I claim:

1. In a vacuum cleaner, the combination of a nozzle, a tube rigid thereon, a second tube forming an extension of the first, said tubes having their adjoining ends pivoted together, a casing having. a tube telescoping said second tube, and a flexible collar encircling said tubes.

2. In a vacuum cleaner, the combination of a pump casing, a nozzle flexibly connected to the casing, the flexibleconnection comprising a tube insertible in the end of. said casing and having a pair of ears thereon, said nozzle having a part pivotally connected to said ears, and a flexible collar encirformin a substantially airtight joint becling said tube and art. tween '11 em. 1o 3. In a vacuum 0 eaner, thecombination Signed at Chicago this 30th day of July of a nozzle, a tube rigid thereon, a second 1910. i 5 tube forming an extension of the first, said SIMON L. RUBEL.

tubes having their adjoining ends pivoted Witnesses? together, and a flexible co11ar inc1osmg the WM. R. RUMMLER,

pivotal connection between said tubes, and ED IN PHELPS, 

